the value of money

This is a discussion on the value of money within the A Brief History of Cprogramming.com forums, part of the Community Boards category; as some of you know, i'm doing a project on the open source movement. forgetting all the arguements of web ...

the value of money

as some of you know, i'm doing a project on the open source movement. forgetting all the arguements of web pages and companies on both sides of the issue, what is your opinion on the value of software?

does software have a value in money? there's something called the gift culture. in a gift culture a person's value is based on how much he/she gives. some say that the open-source community is a gift culture. what does this say about the value of money?

money has a value because it represents what we have. in a gift culture necessities are abundant, ie, nothing is needed. the open-source community works in its members' free time. iyo(in your opinion), how will that attitude spread throughout the rest of the economy?

this isn't clear-cut communism. i'm not talking about a government revolution to spread the wealth evenly and crush poverty, destroy captialism, work on thursdays, etc... the gift culture happens in an abundance of materials. it's a gift culture when rich people donate to a school or hospital. they do it for moral purposes, but also to seem more moral than others.

i'll reword: do you think that anything from the open-source movement will spread to other areas of life?